Vivid Dream

Megatron grinned in satisfaction as he watched the battle unfold. The Maximals were giving it their all, but his Predacons’ brute strength were overwhelming them. It was only a matter of time before he went in for the kill. Dinobot 2 was kicking Depth Charge to the ground and the witch, Blackarachnia, was devastating their forces with her dark magic.

Everything was going well until he came, the dark one, the traitor, the one they called Dinobot. A brown cloth covered most of his head and a skull decorated the staff he was holding. In one swift thrust the staff went into the ground. Black energy flew from it, travelling from one stick to another that was planted into the ground beforehand. It flung into Blackarachnia and Rampage, sending them backwards.

“Get her out of there!” Megatron roar. He was so close, so close. Now he needed to retreat. Before he could give the order two beams knocked into him nearly knocking him over. “Ah Optimus, fate has seen fit to let you live for another day.”

“Now why would I do that?” Megatron replied as he blasted the cliffs over Optimus. Rocks fell down but Optimus knocked them out of the air with one arm. Dinobot 2 quickly launched himself at Optimus. Halfway there he was shot out of the air by Rattrap.

“Pretty bad, Rhinox took him inide. Face it Optimus we have to let them go. They’re hurting, but we’re hurting more.”

“You’re right.” Optimus said grimly. Even with the arrival of Dinobot they were hardly pushing the Predacons back. “Maximals fall back!”

“Shut up Rattrap and give me cover fire!” Optimus said as he transformed and flew into the air to take on Inferno and Waspinator. A howl from behind him assured him that Silverbolt was behind him. One of Tarantulas’s twisted experiments, Silverbolt decided to join the Maximals after they spared his life.

Sparks flew from his body as shots found their marks. He kept on flying straight at them. At the last moment Inferno and Waspinator moved out of the way only to get picked off by Silverbolt’s wing missiles. “Good job, let’s push them back so Guilt can get Depth Charge out of there!”

Guilt’s sidearm went off several times as she ran to Depth Charge. Putting an arm around him she helped him up.

“I don’t need your help” Depth Charge said as he pushed the Psychotherapist away from him. “Must kill X.”

Guilt gladly obey and pistol whip Depth Charge on the back of the head. Depth Charge fell to the ground. The first hit to the back of his head didn’t knock him out but the second one did.

“Cheetor’s going to be okay Optimus. He’s going to be in the CR chamber for a while. Are the Preds gone?”

“For now, but I have Rattrap out there to make sure they don’t try anything.”

“Rattrap always ends up with hardly a dent on him. Wonder what his secret is?”

“Whatever it is I hope that the Predacons never learn it. Silverbolt, there’s an empty CR chamber over there.”

“Yes sir.” Silverbolt said as he went to the task at hand. Grunting, he carried Depth Charge over to the CR chamber. “Rest and recover friend.”

Dinobot entered the Ark and took a look around the room. There was pain, regret, eagerness and most importantly strength. “Why are we not going after the Predacons! We need to finish them while they’re weak!

“No Dinobot we are in no position to engage the Predacons.” Optimus pointed out. They had this conversation a number of times or conversations similar to it. Most of the conversations he had seem familiar. The war had gone on so long and was still going on. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could take it.

When the war was over, he would head back to Cybertron and settle down. A job on the council would do good. Ha, like he needed the stress. Maybe Dinobot was right. The Predacons wouldn’t expect them to follow them. “Rhinox how much time before Depth Charge is active?”

“Yes, Dinobot’s right. We need to end this here and now! I’m going to head out with Rattrap, Dinobot, and Silverbolt. The rest of you will hold the fort down.”

The Predacons were in a fowl mood. Once again they met defeat and now Megatron was taking it out on them.

“Why are we here and not inside the Ark? We were winning and yet here we are yet again! What’s this I here; silence? No smart remarks miss Blackarachnia! No comments on how much you hate being blown up Waspinator! Fools….why must I work with such fools?”

Quickstrike was the only one stupid enough to said anything: “Cause we all you got boss bot. We try our best both that darn Dinobot came.”

Everyone waited for Quickstrike to get blown away, but it never came. To everyone’s surprise, Megatron actually smiled.

“I believe you made an excellent point. One I will work on once we get back to base.”

“Pity you did,” Rampage mumbled to himself. He was in tank mode and had what was left of Waspinator piled up on him. They were going pretty slow. Inferno couldn’t fly and Blackarachnia was in a bad shape. They were about to reach their base when they heard a howl.

Megatron turned around only to be met with a kick from Silverbolt. Dinobot 2 went to blast the Fuzor only to be knocked down by Dinobot’s staff as he rode by on Rattrap.

“Hey Dinobutt can you conjure up personalities for you and your old buddies?”

“Rat if you don’t stop your insolent squabbling I will really make you a rat.” Dinobot growled as he hopped off and took his sword to Inferno. He made quick work to the already injured Inferno and went after Blackarachnia. Quickstrike went to intercept him only to find Optimus standing in his way.

The Giant transformer quickly scooped Quickstrike up and tossed him at Rampage, knocking them both to the ground. Optimus heard a cry and turned to see Silverbolt fall to the ground. Both the titans looked at each other and went at it. The ground shook as they locked arms. They seemed equal in strength until Megatron’s Dragon arm bit him.

“Now Optimus feel the dragon’s wrath!” Megatron yelled as he washed fire over Optimus. Optimus reeled back from the attack and landed near Silverbolt. “Now to send you losers to the scrap heaps where you belong!”

Megatron was about to attack again when he felt something hit him in his back. The cocky voice behind him told what it was: “Forgetting about the rat?”

Megatron was about to send the little rat to the Matrix when he realized he couldn’t move.. “How?” Megatron demanded. Then he saw Tarantulas’s gun in Rattrap’s hand. So the rodent managed to get the best of the spider and was using his cyber venom against him. “You’ll pay for this!”

The rat just smiled and shot him in the foot. He saw Rampage watching them. The crab looked like he was enjoying his pain. “Don’t just stand there, help me out!”

Megatron got shot a few more times in the chest before Rampage decided to help out. Rampage didn’t really have a choice since Dinobot 2 held his spark and was loyal to Megatron. A single shot was all it took to send the small transmetal flying.

Both sides regrouped and prepared to attack again. All the Maximals were injured while the Predacons were more in numbers. Plus two of them could heal. To top it off Blackarachnia and Quickstrike were still in fighting condition. Things looked bleak until they heard the familiar roar of dual machine guns going off from behind them.

“X, you’re mine!” Depth Charge cried as he let Rhinox get off. Depth Charge wanted to go after Optimus once he’d gotten out of the Cr chamber. Rhinox agreed to let him only if he went with him. Come to think of it this was the first time he saw Rhinox fight outside of the Ark.

Depth Charge shot two missiles in his beast form then transformed. Their combined attack drove the Predacons back. Everything was going great until Scorponok arrived. The battle continued for a few more cycles then both sides went back to their bases.

That night Optimus went to sleep disappointed. What did they have to do in order to win this war? He got his answer in a dream. He was in the jungle with Cheetor. For some odd reason they were both in their Transmetal forms. They were looking for something.

Finally they found what they were looking for, a spark! Before they got to it Waspinator and Terrorsaur attacked them. They managed to beat them and get the spark. They took the spark and put it on a big x on the ground. Out of it came Rampage. They both took a step back realizing what they done. In order for them to win the beast wars Optimus needed to get Rampage’s spark back!